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Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha
No matter what role it dresses up in, EADS, SEADS, CASCOM, IRST or DASS its still a flop as a multi role ac compared to its contemporaries.
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I'm sorry man, but you can appreciate that without any evidence of what you say, your sentence can hardly be taken seriously.
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It was purely an exercise in how much tax payers money can be wasted on an obsolete ac design.
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same as above.
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Too many fingers were allowed into this pie, it took too long to develop and went way over its budget, result out of date over priced ac.
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I agree about the fingers and the development time, but it's a jet with a HUGE longevity ahead of it. Let's not forget that we still fly our Tornadoes and there are jets that are more than 30 years old on the lines.
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Turning with a Spit proves what ?
It can turn with a Spit in a high Speed turn ...yippee 
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that you don't need thrust vectoring to show off at an airshow
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You wont see this ac in such combat manoeuvres.
Of course IMHO
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Woops just seen swiss's post same thoughts as mine.
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yeah, one kinda wonders what you guys think would be better than an EF, an F-35 maybe? The most expensive piece of military equipment ever developed and not even finished yet? mmmmmh